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¨&&¨¨¨¨&¨& LOT OF US HAVE ANTENNAS ON OUR HOUSES ¨¨¨¨&&&¨¨&
¨&&&¨¨¨¨¨& OR BALCONIES, WE HAVE BUILT LARGE ¨¨¨¨&¨&&¨¨
¨&¨&&¨¨¨¨& ANTENNAS FOR LARGER BANDWITH, WE HAVE &¨¨¨¨¨&&&¨
¨¨¨&&&¨¨¨¨ BUILD SPECIALIZED ANTENNAES FOR ¨&¨¨¨¨&¨&&
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&&&¨¨&¨&&¨ ANTENNA ARRAYS ¨&¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨
&¨&&¨¨¨&&& WE'VE VIRTUALLY BUILT AN ANTENNA WITH A ¨¨&¨¨&¨¨¨¨
¨¨&&&¨¨&¨& DISH AS LARGE AS EARTH. &¨¨&¨¨&¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨&¨&&¨¨ SOLAR SYSTEM, OUR SOLAR SYSTEMS &¨&&¨¨&¨¨&
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¨&¨¨¨¨&¨&& GALAXYS PLACEMENT IN THE LOCAL CLUSTER, ¨¨&¨&&¨¨&¨
¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨&& AND «OUR« LOCAL CLUSTERS PLACE IN THE &¨¨¨&&&¨¨&
&¨¨&¨¨¨¨&¨ GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS ¨&¨¨&¨&&¨¨
¨&¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨&¨¨¨&&&¨
¨¨&¨¨&¨¨¨¨ AND WE'RE MOVING AROUND THE SUN AT ¨¨¨&¨¨&¨&&
&¨¨&¨¨&¨¨¨ VELOCITY AND THE SUNS MOVING AROUND THE ¨¨¨¨&¨¨¨&&
&&¨¨&¨¨&¨¨ CENTER OF THE GALAXY AT VELOCITY AND ¨¨¨¨¨&¨¨&¨
&&&¨¨&¨¨&¨ THE GALAXY IS MOVING TOWARD ANDROMEDA &¨¨¨¨¨&¨¨¨
&¨&&¨¨&¨¨& AND WE'RE BOTH MOVING ANTICLOCKWISE ¨&¨¨¨¨¨&¨¨
¨¨&&&¨¨&¨¨ AROUND THE GALAXY. AND WE AS A SPECIES ¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨&¨
¨¨&¨&&¨¨&¨ HAVE LEARNED TO TAKE ALL THAT IN ACCOUNT &¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨&
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¨¨&¨¨¨&&&¨ (CLICHE) BEAMING OF FUCKING STELLAR &¨¨&¨¨&¨¨¨
¨¨¨&¨¨&¨&& RADIO PROGRAMMES OUT IN FUCKING SPACE ¨&¨¨&¨¨&¨¨
¨¨¨¨&¨¨¨&& AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT (LIGHT IS OUR ¨¨&¨¨&¨¨&¨
¨¨¨¨¨&¨¨&¨ MEDIUM! GOODSPEED YOU, BLACK EMPEROR!), &¨¨&¨¨&¨¨&
&¨¨¨¨¨&¨¨¨ DESPITE GHOSTS HELPING AND THE &&¨¨&¨¨&¨¨
¨&¨¨¨¨¨&¨¨ COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS LOWPASS ¨&&¨¨&¨¨&¨
¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨&¨ FILTERING, DESPITE OUR VERY OBVIOUS ¨&&&¨¨&¨¨&
&¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨& BEAMING OF ALL OUR SECRETS IN EVERY ¨&¨&&¨¨&¨¨
¨&¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨ DIRECTION KNOWN TO US, ¨¨¨&&&¨¨&¨
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¨&&&¨¨&¨¨& SO WHY IS THAT? &¨¨¨&¨&&¨¨
¨&¨&&¨¨&¨¨ &&¨¨¨¨&&&¨
¨¨¨&&&¨¨&¨ MOST OPPONENTS TO INTELLIGENT LIFE IN ¨&&¨¨¨&¨&&
&¨¨&¨&&¨¨& THE UNIVERSE SAY IT'S BECAUSE YOU NEED ¨&&&¨¨¨¨&&
&&¨¨¨&&&¨¨ A CLASS ONE-OR-THE-OTHER STAR AND THE ¨&¨&&¨¨¨&¨
&&&¨¨&¨&&¨ PLANET NEEDS TO BE AT A SEE-AND-SO ¨¨¨&&&¨¨¨¨
&¨&&¨¨¨&&& DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE STAR (LIKE THERE ¨¨¨&¨&&¨¨¨
¨¨&&&¨¨&¨& HAS TO BE A PLANET!) ¨¨¨¨¨&&&¨¨
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¨¨¨¨&&&¨¨& BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE &&¨¨¨¨¨&&&
&¨¨¨&¨&&¨¨ DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? ¨&&¨¨¨¨&¨&
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¨&&&¨¨¨¨&& IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY ¨¨¨&&&¨¨¨¨
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¨&&¨¨¨¨&¨& I'M GONNA GO SMOKE MY THIRD CIGARETTE ¨¨¨¨&&&¨¨&
¨&&&¨¨¨¨¨& THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS ¨¨¨¨&¨&&¨¨
¨&¨&&¨¨¨¨& FROM THE LOCAL BEER THING &¨¨¨¨¨&&&¨
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